单词 | paleo |
释义 | paleo- in British English or before a vowel pale- combining form variants (esp US) of palaeo- paleo- in American English (ˈpeɪlioʊ; ˈpeɪliə; chiefly Brit ˈpælioʊ; ˈpæliə) 1. the Old World Paleotropical 2. a. ancient, early, prehistoric, primitive Paleozoic, Paleolithic b. involving or dealing with (specified) forms, conditions, phenomena, fossils, etc. of remote, esp. geologic, eras (the following words are examples of this use in compounds) ˌpaleoˌanthroˈpology paleobiochemistry ˌpaleobiˈology ˌpaleoˈbotany paleoclimatology ˌpaleoeˈcology ˌpaleogeˈography ˌpaleozoˈology Word origin < Gr palaios, ancient < IE base *kwel-, remote > Sans *caramá-, the last, Gr tēle, far, Welsh pell, farDefinition of 'paleo-' |
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